Word: progress
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gymnasium, complete with swimming pool. One of these has made his very generous gift conditional upon the raising of the complete amount needed; the other has contributed his no less generous if smaller donation in cash. The two combined give the drive for funds a sound start and further progress will no doubt be made at an accelerated speed as the goal is approached...
...Manhattan, last week, the American Birth Control League met to summarize accomplishments of 1927, to prophesy progress. Dr. James F. Cooper, medical adviser of the League reported that interest in contraception was waxing among doctors. Specifically, he told of the work of the birth control clinic in Manhattan, where 4,500 women last year were advised on birth control. Of these, 1,991 were new patients...
Again last week he said to pressmen: "There will be no farewells as far as I am concerned. The moment I realize that I am no longer making any progress in music, I shall stop playing, but you may rest assured that the fact will not be heralded...
...Bostonians carried on a highly interesting correspondence. Ropes was at the time a student of law, while Gray was an officer in the Union Army. Their letters are of the greatest value as a source book of first-hand information, reproducing in a lively manner the day-by-day progress of the Civil War. Illustrated...
...Finally a word as to the treatment. Progress has not been made as rapidly as many would like," Dr. Danner said, "but still there is much room for encouragement. The results in Hawaii the Philippines, and Korea still appear to be better than elsewhere. In other places the percentage does not appear to be so high, but whether you go to Australia, Malaya, Ceylon, India, or Africa, you find persons who have recovered from leprosy. In nearly all lands in which the disease exists former lepers have been discharged from asylums, restored to their friends, and are able to resume...